FLOOR 2 Inspired by Picasso’s circle in Montmatre in the first decade of the 20th century, the Gallery becomes an artists’ colony featuring a ROOM 2 wild cross-pollination of ideas, music, poetry, SOUND INSTALLATIONS performance, art, film and dance. For one Chris Watson 18.00–18.50, 19.30–20.10 evening only, step inside the mind of Picasso A sound installation featuring La Tramontana the seasonal north where Everything You Can Imagine Is Real… wind that cuts through Catalonia. Gabriel Ware 18.50–19.00, 20.10–20.20 Curated and produced by Martyn Ware Colours Follow Change of Emotions, for Illustrious. a recorded 3D orchestral piece. Scanner 19.00–19.30, 20.20–20.40 All events are free and drop in. Capacity is This new recorded piece explores the idea of place, limited and spaces are allocated on a language and identity. first come, first served basis. Entrance to ROOM 12 Picasso Portraits is not included in the Cubist Portrait Machine 18.00–20.45 Di Mainstone’s device creates photographable cubist versions of evening’s activities. faces in real space. Be sure to come and get your cubist selfie. There are bars on Floor 0 and Floor 1 and ROOM 14 the Portrait Café on Floor -3 serving drinks Echo 18.00–20.50 This soundscape by Zarina Bhimji and Martyn Ware explores and snacks. Last orders at 20.40. Please beauty, texture and pleasure experienced through looking at note drinks are not permitted on Floor 2. objects of art. FLOOR 2

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LIVE MUSIC Feral Five 18.15–18.30 Man Cat Doll Machine - An electro-punk X-ray of

Picasso’s Portraits. 16 Georgina Brett 18.45–19.05 1 Live vocal matrices using the letters and writings of ROOM the women in Picasso’s life. 14

ROOM Tim Wheater/Cherub Sanson/Aaron Horn 19.25–19.55 2 Sacred sound meets ambient electronics in this live performance. 2

Peter Coyle (The Lotus Eaters) 20.15–20.45 ROOM A new piece inspired by Picasso’s poems. 12 3 ......

ART TriTrace app Self Portrait I – Blonde by Tracey Moberly

Face It by Spinning Yarns - Weaving Community Art Portrait of Peter Hopkins by Sarah Hopkins FLOOR 1

ROOM 22 PERFORMANCE ROOM Vanessa Fenton 18.45–18.55, 19.50–20.00 31 Dance piece inspired by Satie’s Parade with a new score by Martyn Ware and costume by Bruce French. Ian Reddington 19.00–19.10, 20.15–20.25 Stairs A performance of extracts from Picasso’s only play, down to Floor 0 ROOM Desire Caught by the Tail. 32 Nikky Norton Shafau 19.30–19.45, 20.35–20.50 Be seduced by sickly sweet poetic riddles.

ROOM ROOM 31 POETRY 22 Toby Thompson 18.20–18.30 , 19.35–19.45 A re-imagining of Picasso as a 21st century spoken word poet. Luke Wright 19.20–19.30, 20.35–20.45 A new poem inspired by Picasso.

LIVE MUSIC IN-IS 18.45–19.05, 20.05–20.25 A musical interpretation for six live string players and live and pre-recorded electronics of Picasso’s portrait Bibi-La-Purée.

ROOM 32 ART Bar RAMBERT V – The Three Dancers, by Marcus Lyon in collaboration with Didy Veldman of Ballet Rambert. POP-UP BAR (cash only) Last orders 20.40 FLOOR 0

MAIN HALL Escalator to Floor 2 LATE SHIFT BAR Bar Last orders 20.40

DJ Chris Sullivan 19.00–19.30, 20.20–20.50 A set inspired by Picasso’s life and times. PICASSO PORTRAITS VIDEO PROJECTIONS John Shuttleworth 18.00–18.30, 19.30–20.00 The versatile singer/organist from Sheffield reads Picasso’s poetry.

Eclectic Method 18.30–19.00, 20.00–20.30 A video mixtape of music, animation, film and art stretching over a century.

Obsrvtry 18.50–19.00 Traces of Reality draws on SHOP Picasso’s influence by looking FLOOR –1 at the world in new ways. MAIN ENTRANCE FLOOR –2

ONDAATJE WING THEATRE No drinks in exhibition or Floor 2

LIVE MUSIC White Noise 18.30–18.50, 19.40–20.00 Exiting from the Gallery commences White Noise perform Ursulizms/Funkophile and a new piece 10 minutes before closing time. inspired by Picasso’s The Old Guitarist.

Radiophonic Workshop 19.10–19.30, 20.20–20.40 Late Shift every Thursday and Friday World premiere of a new composition with video 18.00 – 21.00 projections by Obsrvtry.

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PORTRAIT CAFÉ Everything You Can Imagine Is Real is curated and produced by Martyn Ware for Illustrious

THE ARTISTS:

ZARINA BHIMJI OBSRVTRY GEORGINA BRETT RADIOPHONIC PETER COYLE WORKSHOP ECLECTIC METHOD IAN REDDINGTON VANESSA FENTON CHERUB SANSON FERAL FIVE SCANNER BRUCE FRENCH JOHN SHUTTLEWORTH supported by Goldman Sachs SARAH HOPKINS CHRIS SULLIVAN soundscape system and headphones by TOBY THOMPSON AARON HORN Bowers and Wilkins IN-IS GABRIEL WARE MARCUS LYON MARTYN WARE DI MAINSTONE CHRIS WATSON TIM WHEATER National Portrait Gallery TRACEY MOBERLY St Martin’s Place NIKKY NORTON SHAFAU WHITE NOISE London WC2H 0HE LUKE WRIGHT npg.org.uk/lateshift